so, I've had my SG2 for like a month now, rooted and all, but the problem is , i can't flash any other ROMs(but stock ROMs) or kernels (except for CF root,stock and siyah kernels ) on it via CMW... each time i tried to flash anything, i end up stuck at "galaxy s2 GT-I9100" boot-up logo.... I've tried flashing CM7 then i got the boot-loop ( even with double flash, or triple didn't work for me) and i can't get into CWM when i got the boot-loop....
someone please help me.. i read alotta threads and none of them got similar issue like mine...
i guess its true what they say : every galaxy s2 is different from the rest.
Hmm....must be something you're doing wrong. Nothing to do with Galaxy S2 being different.
Have you always followed the dev's instructions while flashing roms?
Wiping data, cache? Matching up the kernels and roms?
As far as I know, there hasn't been a single person who completely failed to install VillainROM on their SGS2.
I would advise you to give it a go.
Transmitted from a Galaxy far far away via XDA lightspeed telepathy.
What ROMs have you tried to flash?
If you're tring to flash AOSP ROms like CM7 or MIUI it's normal if you're not doing it with a comatible version of CWM. For example, cf root kernel installs a modified version of CWM on your device, which is not compatible with CM7. IF you want to flash CM7 first you have to flash codeworkx kernel http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1118693, and then enter recovery (the new CWM installed with this kernel) to flash CM7.
Now if you can't flash samsung firmware based ROMs (villainROM, Leomar Revolution, Batista...), I don't know what it could be. I never had a problem flashing samsung firmware custom ROMs with the cf root CWM recovery.
tomascunill said:
What ROMs have you tried to flash?
If you're tring to flash AOSP ROms like CM7 or MIUI it's normal if you're not doing it with a comatible version of CWM. For example, cf root kernel installs a modified version of CWM on your device, which is not compatible with CM7. IF you want to flash CM7 first you have to flash codeworkx kernel http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1118693, and then enter recovery (the new CWM installed with this kernel) to flash CM7.
Now if you can't flash samsung firmware based ROMs (villainROM, Leomar Revolution, Batista...), I don't know what it could be. I never had a problem flashing samsung firmware custom ROMs with the cf root CWM recovery.
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If your phone has cf-root/kernal and cf cwm can you just flash over top codeworkx's kernel and do you have to re-root?
InFa_ReD_1 said:
If your phone has cf-root/kernal and cf cwm can you just flash over top codeworkx's kernel and do you have to re-root?
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If you already have root then you won't loose it.
geko95gek said:
Hmm....must be something you're doing wrong. Nothing to do with Galaxy S2 being different.
Have you always followed the dev's instructions while flashing roms?
Wiping data, cache? Matching up the kernels and roms?
As far as I know, there hasn't been a single person who completely failed to install VillainROM on their SGS2.
I would advise you to give it a go.
Transmitted from a Galaxy far far away via XDA lightspeed telepathy.
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I used to use VR 3.0 but could only work with stock kernel or cf root kernel has never booted with the ROM's kernel..
tomascunill said:
What ROMs have you tried to flash?
If you're tring to flash AOSP ROms like CM7 or MIUI it's normal if you're not doing it with a comatible version of CWM. For example, cf root kernel installs a modified version of CWM on your device, which is not compatible with CM7. IF you want to flash CM7 first you have to flash codeworkx kernel http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1118693, and then enter recovery (the new CWM installed with this kernel) to flash CM7.
Now if you can't flash samsung firmware based ROMs (villainROM, Leomar Revolution, Batista...), I don't know what it could be. I never had a problem flashing samsung firmware custom ROMs with the cf root CWM recovery.
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My phone came with CM7, but i flashed it with rooted stock coz i wanted to have a feel of it... but now i'm done with it but i can't get any roms to work... so frustrating.
i literally have tried flashing ALL Roms (ligtnung, gingerbread,vr, cm7), during the 1st few days that i got my phone it worked with VR 2.5 and 3.0, even MIUI.. but after i flashed with some Asian stock ROM via odin... nothing would work through cmw anymore...
i seriously don't know what i did wrong...
btw, right now im using basebad ver: I9100XXXKI4, kernel: 2.6.35.7-siyah [email protected]#20, build number GINGERBREAD.ZSKI3.
I really don't know. YOu should try to go the closest possible to stock and try from there. DO a full wipe, wipe data, wipe system, everything and flash a stock ROM from your country and carrier (there is a thread from infratech where you can get carrier specific ROMS). THen connect your phone to kies (maybe yo get an oficial update) and then do everything from scratch, root, install CWM, etc...
That's what I'd do but I really don't now if it's the best option.
i have almost the same problem,but me i can flash any rom,but the problem is with the kernel my phone refuse to boot on any other kernel else than cf-root and the speedmod,it freezes in the kernel loading so i must turn it off and reflash via odin cf-root or speedmod to get it works again.
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I really don't know. YOu should try to go the closest possible to stock and try from there. DO a full wipe, wipe data, wipe system, everything and flash a stock ROM from your country and carrier (there is a thread from infratech where you can get carrier specific ROMS). THen connect your phone to kies (maybe yo get an oficial update) and then do everything from scratch, root, install CWM, etc...
That's what I'd do but I really don't now if it's the best option.
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well, i'm gonna try that and see if it works, am also goin' try to see if downgrading to 2.3.4 or something would work too...
but please if you got any more ideas, just keep it coming..
thanks
Phew! NOW I HAVE CM7 RUNNING ON MY PHONE!!
I'm gonna try to explain how i fixed my issue, as clear and explanatory as i can..
lucky i didn't brick my phone during all this, because I tried so many things and none worked.I unsuccessfully tried downgrading to XWkI4, ZCKI4, and alot others via Odin... after flashing all i get is tons of error messages(on 3e recorvery) E: can't open/cache or E:failed blah bla bla to load /efs... i thought OMG! my phone is bricked! then i recalled reading somewhere that flashing the 3 tar (PDA,MODEM,CSC) files usually should work(maybe better than flashing a 1 tar file), so i found a 3 files xxKI3 rom, flashed it and BAM! it booted up this time without any error. so now i went ahead and rooted it since the tar files came unrooted, then went into CWM to flash cm7 ROM, flashed it twice and ofc i got stuck on boot logo.....i didn't panic much, i pulled out the battery, and restarted to CWM where i cleared cache/ dalvik/ and did wipe/factory reset, then i reflashed CM7 again (twice) and it worked!!!! YES, CM7 is fiannly working on my SG2!
thanks for everyone for helping, and i hope this can help others on the same boat as me..
hello.
i unlocked my prime on .21 and installed clockwork mod recovery, backed up my stock rom and flashed virtuous rom and all was fine.
i then installed motley kernal and it now just boots to cwm and thats it.
tried wipe installing the rom again, flashing a different rom, but it still just goes back to cwm???
please help me.
I had a similar problem give this a try you flash it in clockwork. It fixed my boot looping into clockwork.
I have a p7510 that is Canadian, but I have flashed an American 3.2 rom which I've rooted with CWM 5.5.04. I've been trying to load up Maple Syrup's Jellybean July 18 build. I first flashed this dirty. But I got the flashing X screen for like 15 minutes. Then I tried a different download of CWM 5.5.0.4 because my system was coming up on the computer as a p7500. I thought perhaps I had the wrong cwm. So I went back to 3.2 to do a clean wipe. I've done this twice, reflashing JB after I would root 3.2 again. I have had no luck getting JB to get beyond the flashing animation. Any advice?
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I have a p7510 that is Canadian, but I have flashed an American 3.2 rom which I've rooted with CWM 5.5.04. I've been trying to load up Maple Syrup's Jellybean July 18 build. I first flashed this dirty. But I got the flashing X screen for like 15 minutes. Then I tried a different download of CWM 5.5.0.4 because my system was coming up on the computer as a p7500. I thought perhaps I had the wrong cwm. So I went back to 3.2 to do a clean wipe. I've done this twice, reflashing JB after I would root 3.2 again. I have had no luck getting JB to get beyond the flashing animation. Any advice?
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OK, now I'm giving my self some advice, or sharing my wisdom. After about 5 or 6 attempts to flash JB with CWM 5.5.0.4, I finally decided to try 5.8....through rom manager. I should have known that this might work, because I had been having trouble backing up my files with 5.5, but it worked quite well with 5.8. Anyway, JB is running smoothly now. I found that Rom Manager with CWM 5.8 and a clean install did the trick.
Thanks again for the rom all you hard workers out there.
Hey folks,
I'm desperately trying to get a CustomRom working on my GP4.
I'm relatively new to the device, but not to CustomRom's, since I was using a Motorola Defy untill last summer, running CM7.2 and CM9, MIUI and a couple of others.
So here's my issue:
I flashed the Terrasilent Kernel in order to get CWM so I could flash the .zip's from there, as some weren't available for odin.
The kernel works fine, but as soon as I try to flash any CustomRom (I tried CM9, CM10.2, Hydrogen and the PACMAN Rom), I'm just getting infinite bootloops.
I also tried flashing with SD card removed, SD card back in....doesn't help. No matter whether it's done with odin or CWM.
Mostly I get stuck at the Samsung screen , the PACMAN insert coin or the Terrasilent phonebooth .
Does anyone have suggestions how I could make it work?
Cheers!
basti_b24 said:
Hey folks,
I'm desperately trying to get a CustomRom working on my GP4.
I'm relatively new to the device, but not to CustomRom's, since I was using a Motorola Defy untill last summer, running CM7.2 and CM9, MIUI and a couple of others.
So here's my issue:
I flashed the Terrasilent Kernel in order to get CWM so I could flash the .zip's from there, as some weren't available for odin.
The kernel works fine, but as soon as I try to flash any CustomRom (I tried CM9, CM10.2, Hydrogen and the PACMAN Rom), I'm just getting infinite bootloops.
I also tried flashing with SD card removed, SD card back in....doesn't help. No matter whether it's done with odin or CWM.
Mostly I get stuck at the Samsung screen , the PACMAN insert coin or the Terrasilent phonebooth .
Does anyone have suggestions how I could make it work?
Cheers!
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Did you wipe the data/cache? Also, I believe you're supposed to flash then ROM first, THEN you flash the kernel.
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Did you wipe the data/cache? Also, I believe you're supposed to flash then ROM first, THEN you flash the kernel.
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Forgot to mention that: I tried various ways: first wipe data/cache, then flash ROM; first flash ROM, then wipe cache; wipe cache, flash ROM, wipe again...
In order to get CWM recovery and being able to flash a zip I flashed the Kernel first. For CM9 I followed this http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2213152
As I couldn't flash any of the pre-flash zip from stock, I thought it's necessary to flash a kernel including CWM first. It was done in the same way in some youtube tutorial I watched, where the guy already had the terrasilent kernel on his device.
For odin, I will check if it works with first flashin the ROM and afterwards the kernel.
Cheers for your fast reply!
Hello mates, Am no newbie to flashing ROMs but this is somehow disturbing! I updated my friends Galaxy S2 i9100 from stock 2.3.3 to 4.2.2 Paranoid Rom. The Rom was too buggy wth missing menus&crashes&finally stuck at bootloop, no safe mode,unable to enter recovery. So I decided to flash official 4.1.2 Jellybean 19100ZSMSA Odin flash was finished successfuly with no errors but after reboot the device reaches the sumsung logo&keeps rebooting frequently. Tried flashing official i9100VJMS3 4.1.2 jellybean but same results even with autoreboot unchecked. Wiping cache&factory reset doesn't help either. Am not too sure that USB debugging was enabled. I can't restore from a 2.3.3 backup i had made since previous cwm got wiped. Could this result from incompatible kernel? Kindly help out
UPDATE:
I identified the problem in recovery. " e: failed to mount /efs (Invalid argument) "
A broken efs partition was preventing the ROM from loading up. No ROM flash/kernel/CWM jigs would solve this issue. I had to repair this partition as a last resort.
Will post Solution details in a few. A long process but it worked Wonders!!!. Thanks
SOLUTION:
Follow this link to my other post. Here http://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-s2/general/how-to-fix-galaxy-s2-i9100-e-failed-to-t2981605
Droidsan said:
Hello mates, Am no newbie to flashing ROMs but this is somehow disturbing! I updated my friends Galaxy S2 i9100 from stock 2.3.3 to 4.2.2 Paranoid Rom. The Rom was too buggy wth missing menus&crashes&finally stuck at bootloop, no safe mode,unable to enter recovery. So I decided to flash official 4.1.2 Jellybean 19100ZSMSA Odin flash was finished successfuly with no errors but after reboot the device reaches the sumsung logo&keeps rebooting frequently. Tried flashing official i9100VJMS3 4.1.2 jellybean but same results even with autoreboot unchecked. Wiping cache&factory reset doesn't help either. Am not too sure that USB debugging was enabled. I can't restore from a 2.3.3 backup i had made since previous cwm got wiped. Could this result from incompatible kernel? Kindly help out
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Try to install a custom recovery like philz touch recovery. Than after you did that, install CM11 from here: http://get.cm/get/le1
It will work like a charm
Philz Touch from here: http://goo.im/devs/philz_touch/CWM_Advanced_Edition/i9100/philz_touch_6.48.4-i9100.tar.md5
Flash it in odin
Giving this a shot
Thanks Tkkg for quick reply. I was considering flashing philZ CWM as well&see if I can restore the 2.3.3 backup&then reflash the official 4.1.2 jelly bean update as my friend still prefers to remain stock after that bad experience with Paranoid ROM. Was looking for a compatible PhilZ CWM stock kernel for the jellybean ROM i installed above but if this one works that will be helpful. Will report if this works